Miranda Lambert Used to Help Her Parents with P.I. Work
The country singer would join in on the investigative side by going along with imposter plans to gain insight into a case in a nonchalant manner.
Before she became one of the biggest acts in country music, Miranda Lambert tried her hand at some investigative work alongside her parents.
As chronicled in the new book, From Cradle to Stage, Victoria Grohl (mother of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl) tells the story of how the Lamberts used to obtain secret files within their Texas home that were critical to high-profile investigations. Occasionally, the country singer would join in on the scheme by going along with undercover plans to gain insight in a nonchalant manner.
“[One] caper involved dressing Miranda in a junior-high cheerleading costume and sending her out ‘selling candy for the school’ so that she could look for the incriminating evidence her parents needed,” Grohl authored in the book.
When it came to the big time though, Lambert took a back seat while her parents protected her and the information they found throughout larger investigations. One of the biggest cases of their careers included when the couple was hired by lawyers representing Paula Jones to investigate Bill Clinton. Though many washed their hands of the high-profile case, the Lamberts pressed on and were kept on a close watch.
“As Bev tells it, she was in the backyard hanging laundry one day when she became aware of a helicopter circling overhead. He [Mr. Lambert] instructed her to get the binoculars and read the registration number on the copter’s tail. When she told him there was no number, his voice tightened. ‘Listen to me, and listen to me good. Get every file on our property, every single document, every tape, every shred of paper, and your computer. Take everything we have to a safe place and don’t tell me where it is,” Grohl chronicled.
The files ended up being subpoenaed and became an important part in Clinton’s impeachment investigation.
Although Lambert decided to go down the creative route into the music business, her inquired past only influenced her honest songwriting and getting the facts straight throughout her lyrics.
Lambert’s latest single, “Tin Man,” is playing on country radio now.
